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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the students who arrive in "December 29 Winter Ecology" from?
(a) The author's high school.
(b) All over Maine.
(c) All over the country.
(d) The author's university.

2. The author has become rather sick of celebrating __________________ in the traditional American way.
(a) Christmas.
(b) Hanukah.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Easter.

3. What surprises the author about the firefly larva which he finds on his way to the cabin?
(a) It is glowing just like the adult.
(b) It is identical to the adult.
(c) It is nothing like the adult.
(d) It is the same size as the adult.

4. In what chapter does the author note how many activities and responsibilities he has taken on?
(a) "April 20."
(b) "April 2."
(c) "April 11."
(d) "April 1."

5. The author also writes about the miniature plants left over from _________that make their homes close to the ground?
(a) Previous ice ages.
(b) The previous owner of the cabin.
(c) Previous generations of settlers.
(d) A couple of centuries ago.

6. When the author and his friend get to the stream, can any fish be found?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, a few.
(c) Yes, but not at first.
(d) Yes, many.

7. What does the author do before cooking and eating the fish that he and his neighbor catch?
(a) He studies them.
(b) He tests them for disease.
(c) He dissects them.
(d) He sketches them.

8. In the section "Moss Watch," the author describes the various types of ________________ he can see around his cabin.
(a) Spiders and flies.
(b) Mice and rats.
(c) Flowers and plants.
(d) Moss and lichen.

9. What does the author see the squirrels licking?
(a) All the maple trees.
(b) Their fur.
(c) Some select maple trees.
(d) The snow.

10. In another very detailed dream, he is looking for a place to rest but is suddenly swept away by ______________ elephants.
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Menacing.
(d) Gentle.

11. What does the author begin in "March 23"?
(a) The sugar-making operation.
(b) The syrup-making operation.
(c) The squirrel observations.
(d) The squirrel hunt.

12. In "April 8," what does the author check out on a dairy farm?
(a) The dairy products made there.
(b) The farm's machinery.
(c) A raven's nest.
(d) A cow.

13. Why might the squirrels be biting down into the bark?
(a) To catch bugs in the bark.
(b) To allow the sap to escape.
(c) To eat the bark.
(d) To drill a hole in the bark to make a nest.

14. According to the farmer, how do most people use the dead calves?
(a) To bait bears.
(b) To feed cattle.
(c) To feed ravens.
(d) To bait coyotes.

15. At the end of the section, where is the author when he encounters a deer?
(a) Hiking the trails.
(b) Sitting outside his cabin.
(c) Up in his tree.
(d) Going for a run.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way back to the car, what does the author find?

2. The author concluded that the squirrels had developed a way of making ___________.

3. In "March 14 Storm" what is the author beginning to feel?

4. The author believes he may be wanted as __________ in "The Spiker."

5. The author stumbles upon _________ moose.

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